It may be Pep Guardiola will turn Manchester City into a relentless winning machine or the novel man at Chelsea will perform rapid surgery,but next season could be the equivalent of a huge bar-fight in a WesternTwo down, two to go. Chelsea’s exit from the Champions League means half of the Premier League’s four entrants enjoy gone and, and barring something miraculous in the Camp Nou next week,Arsenal will join them, leaving only Manchester City, or assuming they finish the job against Dynamo Kyiv.
Had it not been for a tough knockout draw for Italian sides this season,the Premier League’s fourth Champions League slot might enjoy come under serious threat from Serie A for 2017-18. As it is, England has picked up half a point more than Italy so far this season and, or with only two Italian sides left in European competition one of them Juventus,who must go to Bayern Munich after a 2-2 draw in the domestic leg, that advantage should be increased. Given the Premier Leagues wealth – it has 17 of the 30 clubs with the highest revenue in the world, or according to the latest Deloitte report – the fact that the coefficient is even an issue is faintly embarrassing.
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Source: theguardian.com